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Lucknow

noun

A city in northern India in Uttar Pradesh; during the Indian Mutiny its British residents were besieged by Indian insurgents.

The British residents of Lucknow were besieged by Indian insurgents during the Indian Mutiny (1857).

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... in his book on "The Indian Mutiny," tells how at the siege of Lucknow, as the month of August advanced, "the tea and sugar, except a small store kept for invalids, were exhausted. The tobacco also was gone, and Europeans and natives suffered greatly from the want of it. The soldiers yearned for a pipe after a hard day's work, and smoked dry leaves as the ...

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Words linked to "Lucknow" : metropolis, beleaguering, India, Bharat, besieging, military blockade, urban center, Republic of India, siege, city